AltWeeklies Wire
A Hungarian Master Speaks to the Futurenew
Auschwitz survivor Imre Kertesz, and his works, stand on the precipice of his generation -- one of the darkest in world history -- and scream into the void of a future that they cannot know.
New York Press |
Joshua Cohen |
12-20-2004 |
Fiction
The Art of Fictionnew
Rudolfo Anaya skillfully blends Spanish and Pueblo Indian narratives to create a New Mexican tapestry.
Tucson Weekly |
Jarret Keene |
12-10-2004 |
Fiction
Tags: Rudolfo Anaya, Serafina's Stories
German Author's Sprawling Body of Work Is Distillednew
Grass, with his cat and his mouse, his dog, rat, snail and flounder, can stand beside Beatrix Potter, Kipling and Aesop in the library of quintessential bestiaries.
New York Press |
Elizabeth Keim |
12-09-2004 |
Fiction
High and Drynew
Wyoming's distaff Faulkner returns to home turf.
Missoula Independent |
John Freeman |
12-09-2004 |
Fiction
Antiheroes Are Despicable But Endearingnew
Ronald Everett Capps has created a difficult duo of despicable and -- damn it all, but it's true -- endearing antiheroes in Off Magazine Street, the story of two lifelong friends and the daughter of their personal big easy.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Thomas Bell |
12-09-2004 |
Fiction
Ready to Ware: Comics from McSweeney'snew
For issue #13 of Dave Eggers's McSweeney's Quarterly, Chris Ware dons the guest editor's hat, turning the volume into an anthology of his favorite contemporary comics artists. Also reviewed is Canadian cartoonist Seth's Clyde Fans Book 1.
Boston Phoenix |
Douglas Wolk |
12-01-2004 |
Fiction
Lindbergh's America: Reading Philip Roth Post-11/2new
If reading Philip Roth's The Plot Against America pre-Nov. 2 suggested a twisted parable about current events, then reading it after the elections is downright eerie.
Boston Phoenix |
Jon Garelick |
12-01-2004 |
Fiction
Space Casenew
This book proposes startling histories for the image resembling a human face found on the surface of Mars while debunking the more outlandish theories of out-there Mars prophets.
It Was This Bignew
If everyone's as busy as they claim to be, we have to wonder at the current renaissance in mountainous novels.
East Bay Express |
Anneli Rufus |
11-29-2004 |
Fiction
Tags: Various Authors, Holiday Reading
The Low-Carb Soulnew
What would happen if science and religion were to be boiled together in a beaker, then centrifuged, amalgamated, shaken and stirred into a slurry of superstitions, unwarranted presuppositions and outright alchemical quackery?
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Thomas Bell |
11-24-2004 |
Fiction
Tags: Len Fisher, Weighing the Soul
Critical Conditionnew
Anyone who's read Dead Elvis and Psychotic Reactions and Carburetor Dung has read way too much music journalism. Neal Pollack has read way too much music journalism.
Missoula Independent |
Brad Tyer |
11-18-2004 |
Fiction
Wild Riffing Style Leads to Modestly Noble Visionnew
Inman Majors' crazy Southern comedy, Wonderdog, finds the former alter-Opie child star in a world of bad actors: clumsy political players, competitive romantic ritualists and caricatures of masculinity. And the hell of it is that they all seem to be more comfortable in their skins than he is.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Thomas Bell |
11-18-2004 |
Fiction
Tags: Inman Majors, Wonderdog
Chaos Theorynew
So many eccentric characters and event-filled asides make this short novel seem crowded and the air inside a little stuffy. The protagonist's fate isn’t something you’re apt to care about, and the last-minute attempt at poignancy hardly registers more than a "how ironic."
Boston Phoenix |
Richard C. Walls |
11-16-2004 |
Fiction
Tags: Peter Stephen Jungk, Tigor
The Eternal Return of Fictionnew
Canadian-born and Poland-based writer Soren Gauger evidently wants Time to be the sole character and narrator of his first full-length collection of short fiction.
New York Press |
Joshua Cohen |
11-11-2004 |
Fiction
Author Has Constructed an Entire Teleology of Turdsnew
Obenzinger has constructed an entire teleology of turds, a sacred scatology of sphincters complete with neo-cannibal rites and the saintly ablutions of Our Lady of Shit, who cleanses the public toilets of the world.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Thomas Bell |
11-11-2004 |
Fiction
Tags: A*hole, Hilton Obenzinger
